“If you smile when you see a Butterfly, you have happiness in your soul.”
Diana Cooper, poet and author
The beautiful Monarch butterfly has been in the news recently, not because of its beauty…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
The snook have been biting in the backcountry this week! Lots of really nice sized snook have begun to show up around the mangrove islands and they have been hungry. From…
Many things seem more challenging this year. We survived multiple hurricanes and most of us suffered damage, many severe. Red tides hang around threatening us, challenging us to work around minimum…
The Princeton Fishing Team has once again returned to Boca Grande for their annual spring fishing trip. Their trip is a spring tradition that began about 35 years ago, and which continues to this da…
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will install new pavement and bicycle markings to make it for safer bicyclists who cross the bridge.
“We have bikes, we have cars,” said GIBA Executive Dire…
BY GRAY INDELICATO
I have been waiting 14 years to operate a golf cart on Gasparilla.
It started with a toy golf cart at age three, then progressed to my dad’s lap, and now finally at age 14 I…
March brings gorgeous weather and increased users on the GICIA Bike Path. Working to provide a safe and fun experience for all users, the GICIA has once again partnered with The Island School’s fift…
In the category of a good deed punished, the Gulf Shores North Property Owners Association has been relandscaping and removing the non-native vegetation around Gasparilla Lake, which is on Gulf Shor…
The fate of the Amory Chapel, severely damaged during hurricanes Helene and Milton, is still in question. The issue came up after the Boca Beacon raised it with Lee County Planner Peter Blackwell at…
Florida Park Service is seeking a business partner to provide visitor services at Cayo Costa State Park. The scope of services is listed as concession operation, including, but not limited to ferry…
